Box Tree Bonsai

This unique specimen possesses the smallest of foliage of all boxwood types.
Box tree bonsai. Boxwoods enjoy full sun which means they will dry out faster than other potted bonsai. Boxwood bonsai trees are created from the large buxus genus of broadleaf evergreens. As boxwoods tolerate constant trimming very well and can bud from old wood they are very well suited for bonsai. Since it needs minimal sunlight the boxwood bonsai tree is perfect for an indoor environment.
The two buxus species that are commonly seen as bonsai are buxus microphylla japanese box and buxus sempervirens common box. Placement of your japanese boxwood bonsai. In europe this plant is simply referred to as box. You are looking at a mature kingsville boxwood bonsai tree.
The tree is presented in a custom textured crescent pot created by martha goff well known floridian potter and bonsai hobby author. When we hear the words evergreen we often think of conifers such as pines and junipers. Boxwood have a naturally multi stemmed growth habit that lends them to being styled like large spreading park trees and it is with this style that they look their best when grown as bonsai. The chinese boxwood buxus harlandii has smaller and narrower leaves and a furrowed bark.
The boxwood bonsai tree has tiny leathery leaves dense growth habits and rough bark make it a good bonsai tree subject. Buxus are evergreen shrubs. The common boxwood buxus sempervirens tolerates frost but trees planted in containers should be protected from very low temperatures in winter.